Syria: UN-mediated peace talks to resume on 9 March
Mar 02, 2016, at 02:39 pm
New York, Mar 2 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura on Tuesday announced that intra-Syrian peace talks he has been mediating in Geneva will resume next Wednesday, 9 March.
Syria: for first time in months, UN agency delivers aid to residents of Yarmouk camp
Feb 15, 2016, at 01:53 pm
New York, Feb 15 (Just Earth News/IBNS) The United Nations relief agency charged with the well-being of Palestinian refugees across the Middle East has been able to deliver urgently needed humanitarian supplies to the civilian residents of the besieged refugee camp of Yarmouk, on the outskirts Damascus, for the first time in nine months.
Crucial UN aid reaches Syrian town cut off by fighting for three years
Feb 04, 2016, at 01:59 pm
New York, Feb 4 (Just Earth News/IBNS) Working with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC), the United Nations refugee agency has delivered crucial humanitarian aid to a rural town near Damascus that has been cut off by fighting for three years, stranding thousands of residents in dire conditions without clean water or fuel for warmth.
Russia raids on Syria kills 57
Jan 10, 2016, at 03:13 pm
Beirut, Jan 10 (IBNS) At least 57 people were killed as Russian warplanes targeted with missiles the Administrative Court of Jabhat Al-Nusra in Syrian city Maarrat al-Nu’man, a monitor said on Sunday.